Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 14
सौभाग्यं पतिदेवत्वं शीलं त्रैलोक्यविश्रुतम् । किं प्रभावो व्रतस्यैष उताहोपोषितस्य वा
saubhāgyaṃ patidevatvaṃ śīlaṃ trailokyaviśrutam | kiṃ prabhāvo vratasyaiṣa utāhopoṣitasya vā
یہ سَوبھاگیہ، پتی کو دیوتا سمجھنے کی بھکتی، اور تینوں لوکوں میں مشہور یہ شیل—اس کا سبب کیا ہے؟ کیا یہ ورت کی تاثیر ہے یا اُپواس کی قوت؟
Indumatī
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Kaṇva ṛṣi (addressed indirectly as the one to answer)
Scene: The woman enumerates her blessings—saubhāgya, husband-as-deity reverence, world-famed conduct—and asks whether their source is a vow or fasting.
FAQs
Purāṇic dharma treats vows, fasting, and virtuous conduct as spiritually potent causes that shape one’s auspicious destiny.
The broader glorification remains Prabhāsa-kṣetra; this verse is part of the moral-spiritual inquiry within that sacred setting.
Vows (vrata) and fasting (upoṣa/upoṣita) are mentioned as possible merit-producing disciplines, though no specific vow is named here.